"20120703151742"^^ . "July"@en . . "Isha Fofana (born December 28, 1965 in Banjul, The Gambia) is a Gambian artist. Since 1984 she is a member of the \u201DGambia Black African Art Club\u201D. In May 2000 she moved to Aachen/Germany. During her time in Europe she had international exhibitions, amongst them, together with the UNESCO music awards given to Youssou N 'Dour/Senegal and Oumou Sangar\u00E9/Mali. In 2006 she opened the art gallery \u201CMama Africa\u201D in Cologne/Germany as a cultural centre for people interested in arts and culture from Africa. In 2007 she was nominated for the \u201CBest African Artist in Europe\u201D and since then she is the international representative of Gambian artists. Since 2008 she is a member of the \u201CInternational Artist Association\u201D. In 2008 she decided to return home to The Gambia. There she founded the non-profit cultural organisation called \u201CMama Africa\u201D and opened a gallery in Brusubi/The Gambia in November 2008. The \u201CMama Africa women\u2019s museum and art centre\u201D was founded in 2010 in Batokunku/The Gambia. In 2010 she became chairperson to the Board of \u201CNational Centre for Art and Culture\u201C and member of the Organising Committee \u201CKanilai International Cultural Festival\u201C. She is the head of the girls education project \u201CGirls in Art\u201D. In 2011 she was invited by the U.S. Department of State to attend the member of the African Women Entrepreneurs Program (AWEP) /USA. Exhibitions (selection) \u2022 UNESCO Music Award to Youssou N\u2019Dour and Oumou Sangar\u00E9/Mali - Aachen/Germany \u2022 exhibition together with award given to Waris Dirie - Kerkrade/Netherlands \u2022 \u201CLand Art\u201D - Hannover /Germany \u2022 \u201CStra\u00DFen verbinden Kulturen\u201D/Press Department German Government - Bonn/Germany \u2022 UN Headquarter \u201CInter. Women\u2019s Week\u201D - Cape Point/Gambia \u2022 EC Residence \u201CEurope Day\u201D - Fajara/Gambia \u2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Taipeh/Taiwan \u2022 \u201EAfrikanischer K\u00FCnstler\" - D\u00FCsseldorf/Germany \u2022 \u201EUN World Women\u2019s Day\u201C - Kick-off of a travelling exhibition at Mama Africa \u2022 \u201CVisionary Women\u201D - Nairobi National Museum/Kenya"@en . . "Isha Fofana (born December 28, 1965 in Banjul, The Gambia) is a Gambian artist. Since 1984 she is a member of the \u201DGambia Black African Art Club\u201D. In May 2000 she moved to Aachen/Germany. During her time in Europe she had international exhibitions, amongst them, together with the UNESCO music awards given to Youssou N 'Dour/Senegal and Oumou Sangar\u00E9/Mali. In 2006 she opened the art gallery \u201CMama Africa\u201D in Cologne/Germany as a cultural centre for people interested in arts and culture from Africa. In 2007 she was nominated for the \u201CBest African Artist in Europe\u201D and since then she is the international representative of Gambian artists. Since 2008 she is a member of the \u201CInternational Artist Association\u201D. In 2008 she decided to return home to The Gambia. There she founded the non-profit cult"@en . "2012"^^ . . . "--03-18"^^ . "917.0"^^ . . "3"^^ . . "Isha Fofana"@en .